$204.99 per month is a little pricey, but come June 17th there will be takers.

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An employee at Verizon revealed the price tiers and release date of its new FiOS structuring to The Verge today, saying that the service—which currently tops out at speeds faster than most other major ISPs at 300Mbps—will be available on June 17th.

Ars reported earlier this week that the fastest level of service that Verizon is planning to offer (300Mbps download, 65Mbps up) will be equivalent to the limits of many dual-band routers. Today we learned that matching your router’s maximum speed will cost only $5 more than what many of those who had Verizon’s former fastest service (which topped out at 150Mbps down) were paying. That service will cost $204.99 per month plus a $100 equipment upgrade unless you either sign a two-year contract, are a new customer to Verizon, or you already have the current 150Mbps Internet service.

The second-fastest tier (75Mbps down, 35 up) will cost $84.99 and will also require a $100 equipment upgrade unless you meet one of those three conditions above.

The lowest level of service may cause some consternation. The speeds remain the same at 15Mbps down and 5Mbps up, but will now cost $10 more than its previous $54.99 price range. “It's akin to the prices for popcorn at the movie theater — if you want any, you'll need to pay quite a bit, and then you can get twice as much for only a bit more,” writes D’Orazio.

Still, Ars’ Jon Brodkin interviewed a spokesperson this week and asked Verizon "if customers will have to pay extra to stay in the same tier they're already in, given that most tiers are getting a speed upgrade (as noted in the chart above). Verizon declined to answer that question, but did say users on existing plans will be able to continue at the same speed and price if they choose not to upgrade.” It looks as though that extra $10 on the lowest tier will aim to get an extra buck from new customers then, and not for existing users that choose not to upgrade to another tier.

I live just a few miles away from a town that has it, and unfortunately, due to Comcast's anal lobbying at City Hall, it's doubtful that my neighborhood would ever get it unless I lobbied my family to move out to the suburbs.

which currently tops out at speeds faster than any other ISP at 300 Mbps

well, I wouldn't say faster than any other ISP... Google is offering gigabit in the two Kansas city's tho i think that I remember reading somewhere that it was actually 500mbit not full gigabit. and then there's Sonic, a small ISP out in California that offers full gigabit for $70/month. nitpicking I know, but still.

which currently tops out at speeds faster than any other ISP at 300 Mbps

well, I wouldn't say faster than any other ISP... Google is offering gigabit in the two Kansas city's tho i think that I remember reading somewhere that it was actually 500mbit not full gigabit. and then there's Sonic, a small ISP out in California that offers full gigabit for $70/month. nitpicking I know, but still.

“It's akin to the prices for popcorn at the movie theater — if you want any, you'll need to pay quite a bit, and then you can get twice as much for only a bit more,”

I've not heard that explanation before, but as much as I try to accept it, I keep hitting a wall where I remember that bandwidth =/= popcorn. Although, there is a similarity with paying more for an inexpensive product due to being a captive audience and not having other venues to purchase the product. In this way, ISPs are very much like movie theaters, even to the point of stealing their whole 'triple play' business model from the concession stand.

Yeah, I wish I could get those speeds at that price. I pay about that... for 1.5MBit speed, haha. But, it's the fastest available in my area, and it's either that or Dialup (for about half that). Getting real tired of paying so much for so little, actually, but rural telcos can pretty much charge what they want. I wish these big mega-speed ISPs would go national, kick the corrupt local/rural ones to the curb, but I could move to the city for less effort. I just don't *like* cities. It's nice to live in the middle of nowhere.

Color me sad. The best I can get in Idaho is 10/1. I don't know what I would do with that speed but I'd love to have it.

It appeals to the "more is better" in popular culture. The thing is the bottleneck for most people will move somewhere else. Beyond a certain point all these gains really aren't "penny wise", but "pound foolish".

Yeah, I wish I could get those speeds at that price. I pay about that... for 1.5MBit speed, haha. But, it's the fastest available in my area, and it's either that or Dialup (for about half that). Getting real tired of paying so much for so little, actually, but rural telcos can pretty much charge what they want. I wish these big mega-speed ISPs would go national, kick the corrupt local/rural ones to the curb, but I could move to the city for less effort. I just don't *like* cities. It's nice to live in the middle of nowhere.

Wherever you live there are always trade offs. Rural communities having limited connectivity isn't a phenomenon limited to the US either it's global.

I would love to see the stars at night and it not be so loud in the city, but I made that trade off for convenience and better access to utilities.

Have you considered moving to a semi-urban community? That is still relatively quiet but has higher speed connections?

The table really ought to include the stand-alone rate (+$5) or include the total price with phone. Who really wants landlines anymore?

While Verizon does have FIOS on my street, I think I'll be sticking with Cox cable modem. $62/m for 24/5 (no bundle, no long-term contract). Congestion hasn't seemed to be a problem for me (maybe everyone else in my neighborhood is clogging the FIOS link.) Those Netflix tests showed Cox doing better than Verizon anyway (although they didn't break out FIOS which would surely make some difference).

Darn, someone already did the "for the few people who can get it"..... but than again, that's what I get for living in a low tech area like cambridge, ma..... (yes, there was a large amount of sarcasm in that statement!)

EPB in Chattanooga offers symmetric gigabit for $350/mo, symmetric 100Mb for $150, and symmetric 50Mb for about $75. Yes, gigabit to your house. Upload speed makes a huge difference if you're any kind of a techie -- it allows you to be a producer of content, just not a consumer.

It appeals to the "more is better" in popular culture. The thing is the bottleneck for most people will move somewhere else. Beyond a certain point all these gains really aren't "penny wise", but "pound foolish".

You're absolutely right. I thought about and the best I could come up with was quicker iTunes downloads and maybe better quality Netflix.

Anyway...moving to Colorado soon and hope that Internet is better there.

EPB in Chattanooga offers symmetric gigabit for $350/mo, symmetric 100Mb for $150, and symmetric 50Mb for about $75. Yes, gigabit to your house. Upload speed makes a huge difference if you're any kind of a techie -- it allows you to be a producer of content, just not a consumer.

It makes working from home easier for some. It also gives the "cloud for the masses" that much a more practical reality.

Color me sad. The best I can get in Idaho is 10/1. I don't know what I would do with that speed but I'd love to have it.

It appeals to the "more is better" in popular culture. The thing is the bottleneck for most people will move somewhere else. Beyond a certain point all these gains really aren't "penny wise", but "pound foolish".

Yeah, I have 50/5 RoadRunner and I really doubt I need more than 50 down these days. I could definitely use more up speed though. FIOS is now available in my area and I'm thinking about switching. I can get 50/25 for $20 less than the 50/5 I have now from TW. My router can only do 100 anyway.

I live just a few miles away from a town that has it, and unfortunately, due to Comcast's anal lobbying at City Hall, it's doubtful that my neighborhood would ever get it unless I lobbied my family to move out to the suburbs.

I know the feeling. My parents live on one side of a bridge and have had it for years. I live on the other side and there are no plans to bring it to us.

which currently tops out at speeds faster than any other ISP at 300 Mbps

well, I wouldn't say faster than any other ISP... Google is offering gigabit in the two Kansas city's tho i think that I remember reading somewhere that it was actually 500mbit not full gigabit. and then there's Sonic, a small ISP out in California that offers full gigabit for $70/month. nitpicking I know, but still.

Closer to 20 million residences last I checked. Include the portions of the fios network that Frontier bought and that number jumps higher, although I have no idea what they're doing to promote / build out their portion.

And for every quip I hear about fios not being available in any given area, at least one person gurgles on about Chatanooga's system ... great if you live in the comparatively tiny footprint of Chatanooga, almost useless news for everyone else.

Edit: And I've had at least 350GiB in one month, but not consistently.

Not a FiOS user and would like to be but correct, as Verizon explained in dslreports, no caps or throttles or any sort of limits. Which is the ethical and true way of service. To be honest, there is absolutely no way one can "abuse" the networks since it is still limited by the month, think bout it. If your downloading and uploading 24/7 a month, you'll reach a limit before the month ends if they decide to go by the month of course. If networks build their service with enough overhead to supply everybody withing their geographical service, times it by 2, then you have yourself success, period. In fact they'd be able to advertise their speeds as "no less than xxxMbps guaranteed" or something.